Interview: Court Yard Hounds
By J. Edward Keyes, Editor-in-Chief
Amelita, the second record by part-time Dixie Chicks Martie Maguire and Emily Robison is more a short-story anthology than a country record. Unlike their first record, this one is fiction, not autobiography: It's populated by acid-tongued backstabbers and rock 'n' roll heartthrobs and women who took wrong turns and fell on hard times. But though it doesn't shy away from adversity, the thing that defines Amelita more than anything else is its optimism. "The World… more »